Yankees general manager Brian Cashman talks with reporters during the Rule 5 draft at the baseball winter meetings on Thursday in Nashville, Tenn.

Written by

Chad Jennings
| Staff Writer

As baseball's free-agent market roared to life during this week's Winter Meetings, the Yankees defied expectation by doing exactly what they said they would do.

They made no trades, signed no free agents, and flew back to New York on Thursday with no solutions to their gaping holes at third base and right field. Since re-signing veteran pitchers Hiroki Kuroda, Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera late last month, the Yankees' only newsworthy moment has been the announcement of Alex Rodriguez's pending hip surgery. ...